Html (cow.Cow.Html)

type t = Xml.t

A sequence of (X)HTML trees.

val doctype : string

see http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#the-doctype
The (X)HTML5 DOCTYPE.

val to_string : t -> string

to_string html is a valid (X)HTML5 polyglot string corresponding to the html structure.

val of_string : ?enc:Xml.encoding -> string -> t

of_string ?enc html_str is the tree representation of html_str as decoded by enc. For more information about the default encoding, see Xmlm.inenc.

Note that this function converts all standard entities into their corresponding UTF-8 symbol.

val output : 
  ?nl:bool ->
  ?indent:int option ->
  ?ns_prefix:(string -> string option) ->
  Xmlm.dest ->
  t ->
  unit

Outputs valid (X)HTML5 polyglot text from a t. Only non-void element handling is implemented so far. For more information about the parameters, see Xmlm.make_output.

see http://www.w3.org/TR/html-polyglot/
Polyglot Markup

val output_doc : 
  ?nl:bool ->
  ?indent:int option ->
  ?ns_prefix:(string -> string option) ->
  Xmlm.dest ->
  t ->
  unit

Outputs a valid (X)HTML5 polyglot document from a t. Only non-void element handling and HTML5 DOCTYPE is implemented so far. For more information about the parameters, see Xmlm.make_output.

see http://www.w3.org/TR/html-polyglot/
Polyglot Markup

HTML library

type rel = [

| `alternate
| `author
| `bookmark
| `help
| `license
| `next
| `nofollow
| `noreferrer
| `prefetch
| `prev
| `search
| `tag

]

type target = [

| `blank
| `parent
| `self
| `top
| `Frame of string

]

val a : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?hreflang:string ->
  ?rel:rel ->
  ?target:target ->
  ?ty:string ->
  ?title:string ->
  ?href:Uri.t ->
  t ->
  t

a href html generate a link from html to href.

parameter title
specifies extra information about the element that is usually as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element. Default: None.

parameter target
Specifies where to open the linked document.

parameter rel
Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document. Default: None.

parameter hreflang
the language of the linked document. Default: None.

parameter ty
Specifies the media type of the linked document.

type cors = [

| `anonymous
| `use_credentials

]

Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/CORS_settings_attributes
The crossorigin attribute

val img : 
  ?alt:string ->
  ?width:int ->
  ?height:int ->
  ?ismap:Uri.t ->
  ?title:string ->
  ?cls:string ->
  ?crossorigin:cors ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  Uri.t ->
  t

val interleave : string array -> t list -> t list

val html_of_string : string -> t

deprecated
use string

val string : string -> t

val html_of_int : int -> t

deprecated
use int

val int : int -> t

val html_of_float : float -> t

deprecated
use float

val float : float -> t

type table = t array array

val html_of_table : ?headings:bool -> table -> t

val nil : t

deprecated
use empty

val empty : t

val concat : t list -> t

deprecated
use list

val list : t list -> t

val some : t option -> t

val append : t -> t -> t

append par ch appends ch to par

val (++) : t -> t -> t

module Create : sig ... end

HTML nodes

type node =
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  t ->
  t

The type for nodes.

val tag : string -> node

tag name t returns <name>t</name> where <name> can have attributes "class" (if cls is given), "id" (if id is given) and other attributes specified by attrs. You are encouraged not to use tag but prefer the specialized versions below whenever possible.

val div : node

div ~cls:"cl" t is <div class="cl">t</div>.

val span : node

div ~cls:"cl" t is <div class="cl">t</div>.

val input : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?ty:string ->
  string ->
  t

input v returns a button with value "v".

parameter ty
the type of the input. Default: "button".

val br : t

val hr : t

val wbr : t

A "Word Break Opportunity" node.

val param : name:string -> string -> t

param name value return a <param> node to be used in <object>.

val embed : 
  ?width:int ->
  ?height:int ->
  ?ty:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  Uri.t ->
  t

embed uri returns an <embed> node for uri.

val col : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?style:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  int ->
  t

col n return a <col span="n"/> tag to specify properties of columns in a <colgroup>.

val source : ?media:string -> ?ty:string -> Uri.t -> t

source uri returns a <source> tag to be used in an <audio> or <video> tag. It specifies an alternative location uri and its type ty for the browser to choose from.

val track : 
  ?default:bool ->
  ?label:string ->
  [ `Captions | `Chapters | `Descriptions | `Metadata | `Subtitles of string ] ->
  Uri.t ->
  t

track uri returns a <track> node to insert in an <audio> or <video> tag. The argument of `Subtitles is the language of the track.

val keygen : 
  ?autofocus:bool ->
  ?disabled:bool ->
  ?form:string ->
  ?challenge:bool ->
  ?keytype:[ `RSA | `DSA | `EC ] ->
  string ->
  t

keygen name return a <keygen> tag that specifies a key-pair generator field used for forms.

val anchor : string -> t

val h1 : node

val h2 : node

val h3 : node

val h4 : node

val h5 : node

val h6 : node

val li : node

val dt : node

val dd : node

val ul : 
  ?add_li:bool ->
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?licls:string ->
  t list ->
  t

val ol : 
  ?add_li:bool ->
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?licls:string ->
  t list ->
  t

val dl : 
  ?add_dtdd:bool ->
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?dtcls:string ->
  ?ddcls:string ->
  (t * t) list ->
  t

val p : node

val blockquote : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?cite:Uri.t ->
  t ->
  t

val pre : node

val figure : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?figcaption:t ->
  t ->
  t

val main : node

val s : node

The <s> tag specifies text that is no longer correct, accurate or relevant. The <s> tag should not be used to define replaced or deleted text, use the <del> for that purpose.

val cite : node

val q : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?cite:Uri.t ->
  t ->
  t

val dfn : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?title:string ->
  t ->
  t

val abbr : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?title:string ->
  t ->
  t

val data : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  value:string ->
  t ->
  t

val time : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?datetime:string ->
  t ->
  t

val code : node

val sub : node

val sup : node

val b : node

val u : node

val mark : node

val bdi : node

val bdo : node

val ruby : node

val rb : node

val rt : node

val rtc : node

val rp : node

val aside : node

val ins : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?cite:Uri.t ->
  ?datetime:string ->
  t ->
  t

val del : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?cite:Uri.t ->
  ?datetime:string ->
  t ->
  t

val html : node

val footer : node

val title : node

val header : node

val body : node

val nav : node

val section : node

val article : node

val address : node

val script : 
  ?src:Uri.t ->
  ?ty:string ->
  ?charset:string ->
  ?integrity:string ->
  ?crossorigin:cors ->
  t ->
  t

Head elements

val head : node

val link : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?title:string ->
  ?media:string ->
  ?ty:string ->
  ?rel:string ->
  ?integrity:string ->
  ?crossorigin:cors ->
  Uri.t ->
  t

link uri returns a <link href="uri"> element to be put in the <head>.

val meta : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?name:string ->
  ?content:string ->
  ?charset:string ->
  (string * string) list ->
  t

meta attrs returns a <meta> tag to be put in the <head>.

val base : 
  ?cls:string ->
  ?id:string ->
  ?attrs:(string * string) list ->
  ?target:string ->
  Uri.t ->
  t

base uri returns a <base href="uri" /> tag that specifies the base URI for all relative URLs in the HTML document.

val style : ?media:string -> ?scoped:bool -> string -> t

style css return a <style> tag giving the css directives. This tag is typically found in the <head>. In the <body> of the document, scoped must be set to true.

parameter scoped
Specifies that the styles only apply to this element's parent element and that element's child elements. Only for HTML5. Default: false.

parameter media
Specifies what media/device the media resource is optimized for.

Discouraged HTML tags

Most of the tags below are not deprecated in HTML5 but are discouraged in favor of using CSS stylesheets.

val small : node

val i : node

In HTML5, it is not guaranteed that it will render text in italics.

deprecated
Use CSS instead.

val tt : node

The <tt> tag is not supported in HTML5.

deprecated
Use CSS instead.

val em : node

val strong : node

val var : node

val kbd : node

val samp : node